Monthly Archives: September 2015

Russia may be preparing to station troops at two new sites in Syria as it continues its rapid military buildup in the conflict-ravaged nation, a research firm says. IHS Jane’s said Tuesday that it had spotted two previously unreported sites ...

The Springboks have made ten changes to their starting fifteen for Saturday’s crucial Rugby World Cup showdown with Samoa in Birmingham. There are eight changes in personnel plus two positional switches, they have also included two new front rowers on ...

The Vanuatu Government has resurrected an old organisation to drive rural development. The Vanuatu Co-operation Federation was once used to push the country’s economic development and was a factor in the British and French Governments’ agreement on political independence in ...

Facebook is starting to feel the heat in Europe. The social network, and other big U.S. tech companies, might soon be forced to rethink the way they deal with user data in Europe. The European Union’s top court issued a ...

France has agreed to sell Egypt two Mistral-class helicopter carriers that were previously contracted to go to Russia, the Elysee Palace announced Wednesday. The previous $1.3 billion contract with Moscow was signed in 2011 by the French government under Nicolas ...

The Cook Islands SPCA is launching an island-wide de-sexing programme to curb the number of dogs on Rarotonga, after four dogs killed two goats. Police officer Solomona Tuaati says he was called to a property in Ngatangiia on Saturday after ...

Xi Jinping did something unusual, almost unheard of, for a Chinese President: He cracked a joke. In public. Well, sort of. Talking about his three-year crackdown on corruption in a speech during his visit to the United States Tuesday, XI ...

World Vision says Papua New Guinea’s poor Millennium Development Goals performance represents real issues with maternal and child health in the country. The comments were made at an Australian senate inquiry into Canberra’s aid programme in PNG. The PNG country ...

In another touching development in the story of the Syrian migrant tripped by a Hungarian journalist, his young son received the acclaim of thousands of football fans in the Spanish capital, as he was led on to the pitch by ...

She’s a megastar from Mumbai, India, home to the world’s most prolific film industry. She’s an award-winning actress, a former Miss World, a singer and a dancer. She serves as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador and as a United Nations Girl ...